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Identifier
gic-200801-184
Title
INDIA
;
New
Delhi
;
India
Gate
and
monuments
,
distant
view
Creator
Lutyens
,
Edwin
(architect
,
designer)
Country
India
State or Province
Delhi
(Union
Territory)
City
New
Delhi
Date of Original Construction
1921-1931
Description
Almost
similar
to its
French
counterpart
,
it
commemorates
the
70,000
Indian
soldiers
who
lost
their
lives
fighting
for the
British
Army
during
World
War
I
. The
memorial
bears
the
names
of
more
than
13,516
British
and
Indian
soldiers
killed
in the
Northwestern
Frontier
in the
Afghan
war
of
1919
. The
foundation
stone
of
India
Gate
was
laid
by His
Royal
Highness
, the
Duke
of
Connaught
in
1921
and
it
was
designed
by
Edwin
Lutyens
. The
monument
was
dedicated
to the
nation
10
years
later
by the then
Viceroy
,
Lord
Irwin
.
Another
memorial
,
Amar
Jawan
Jyoti
was
added
much
later
,
after
India
got
its
independence
. The
eternal
flame
burns
day
and
night
under
the
arch
to
remind
the
nation
of
soldiers
who
laid
down
their
lives
in the
Indo-Pakistan
War
of
December
1971
. The
entire
arch
stands
on a
low
base
of
red
Bharatpur
stone
and
rises
in
stages
to a
huge
moulding
. The
cornice
is
inscribed
with the
Imperial
suns
while
both
sides
of the
arch
have
INDIA
,
flanked
by the
dates
MCMXIV
(1914
left)
and
MCMXIX
(1919
right)
. The
shallow
domed
bowl
at the
top
was
intended
to be
filled
with
burning
oil
on
anniversaries
but this
is
rarely
done
.
India
Gate
stands
at
one
end
of
Rajpath
, and the
area
surrounding
it
is
generally
referred
to as '
India
Gate
'.
Date Photographed
1972
Language
eng
Source
35mm slide
Subject
Memorial arches -- India -- Delhi
Architecture, Indian -- 20th century
People
Bicycles
Type
Still Image
Format
JPG
Rights Statement
All Rights Reserved, DePaul University Library
Collection
Geographic Image Collection
Repository
Digital Collections, DePaul University Library, Chicago IL 60614 USA;
http://library.depaul.edu
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